Do not connect your Non DMX Chauvet Fog machine using the 5 pin DIN connector on the back to the 5 pin DIN fog machine port of an Elation DMX controller using a 5 pin midi din cable.
It put the Elation controller in a strange non working mode, the USB light went out, and after turning on and off the USB light would shut down the unit. the controller was displaying a "5" on the screen and wouldn't do anything. After a few minutes it seems to have returned to normal but I though the Elation was toast!
I can not find any info on the pin outs of the Chauvet or the 5 pin din connector on the Elation. Obviously the ADJ fog machine 5 pin din connectors use different wiring than the Chauvet. Obviously the Chavet Obey controllers can connect to Chauvet fog machines.
Don't mistake the 5 pin Din connector for a 5 pin DMX. DMX is digital communication system and the 5 pin din is just a 5 pin analog connector that passes voltage for LEDs and switched voltage pulses for activating fog.
Note that the MIDI standard used on instruments also uses this 5 pin din connector but is a different digital system for control vs. DMX.
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